Unable to Import Canon G7 X MP4 into Premiere Pro CC?

Summay: Though Premiere Pro has announced the compatibility with MP4, people still have problems in importing MP4 to Premiere sometimes, such as "No sound or video when loading MP4 file into Premiere Pro CC?" This article aims to solve the above questions in two parts.

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"Hi, I shot a lot of H.264 MP4 videos of a wedding ceremony with my Canon G7 X camcorder. Now, I need to do some edit work in Adobe Premiere Pro CC on Mac Yosemite for providing wonderful visual effects and memorable moments for the couples. However, I was failed on the very first step. I even could not import MP4 files into Premiere Pro CC. What’s the problem? Thank you for any tip!"

H.264 is a delivery format that is not designed for editing. Some people experience no problem editing H.264 MP4 clips in Adobe Premiere Pro, while others are not so fortunate. After searching online, I got some tips on this issue. First, if you can play the file back through QuickTime 7. Simply open the file in QT 7 and go "File>>Save As… >>Save" as self-contained movie and it will now work for Premiere! Second, you can also have a try to simply rename the .mp4 extension to .mpg and expect it to work. I had tried two methods above. Although I could link the videos into Premiere finally, the video quality was totally damaged.

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How to transcode Canon G7 X MP4 to work in Premiere Pro CC on Mac Yosemite?

Tips: If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.